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Very late-onset Friedreich ataxia despite large GAA triplet repeat expansions.
Archives of neurology - 1 Feb 2000
Bidichandani S I, Garcia C A, Patel P I, Dimachkie M M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most patients with Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) have abnormal GAA triplet repeat expansions in both X25 genes. The size of the GAA expansion in the shorter of the 2 expanded alleles correlates significantly with parameters of clinical severity and is inversely related to the age at onset. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and molecular genetic findings in a patient with very late-onset FRDA and to...
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